Nightmarish fish could be dream catch

This snakehead fish, caught in 2002, was on its way to somebody's dinner table in Singapore.

A Virginia man hauled in a 17-pound, 6-ounce Northern snakehead fish that could be a world record for the species.

Snakeheads, who got their name for obvious reasons, are also sometimes known as Frankenfish because they're ugly and can walk on land.

Caleb Newton hauled this hellspawn from Aquia Creek, a tidal tributary of the Potomac River. He wasn't able to fit it in his cooler, so he submitted it for world-record consideration.

Snakeheads are native to China, Russia, North Korea and South Korea, but their populations are growing in North America, where they are considered an invasive species. They have no known natural predators, which isn't too surprising.

- USA Today

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Nightmarish fish could be dream catch

A Virginia man hauled in a 17-pound, 6-ounce Northern snakehead fish that could be a world record for the species.